Using fallout plutonium as a probe for erosion assessment

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 102, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 937-942

  Hoo, W T ^a   Fifield, L K ^a   Tims, S G ^a   Fujioka, T ^a   Mueller, N ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Ecowise Environmental Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS); Erosion; Plutonium (Pu); Radionuclide and environmental tracer

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; BUSH FIRES; ENVIRONMENTAL TRACERS; EROSIONAL PROCESS; PINE PLANTATIONS; SOIL SAMPLE; SURFACE SOIL;

CATCHMENTS; EROSION; FALLOUT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PUBLIC UTILITIES; RUNOFF; SOILS; WATER SUPPLY;

PLUTONIUM;

PLUTONIUM; TRACER;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; CATCHMENT; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ERODIBILITY; EROSION RATE; FALLOUT; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; PLANTATION FORESTRY; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE; SOIL SURFACE; TOPSOIL; TRACER; WATER SUPPLY;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; AUSTRALIA; CATCHMENT; FALLOUT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL EROSION; SURFACE SOIL; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PINUS; PLUTONIUM; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RAIN; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER MOVEMENTS;

AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; COTTER RESERVOIR;

EID: 79961127442     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2010.06.010     Document Type: Article

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